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January 14, 2020

South Korea: Reprioritize Human Rights

In 2019, the South Korean government prioritized diplomatic negotiations with North Korea over human rights advocacy, Human Rights Watch said today in releasing its World Report 2020.

Asia

January 14, 2020 News Release

South Korea: Reprioritize Human Rights
Asia

December 17, 2019 News Release

South Korea: Stand Up for Human Rights
LGBT Rights

November 27, 2019 Dispatches

South Korea Shouldn’t Backslide on LGBT Rights

Ryan Thoreson
Researcher, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Rights Program

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September 23, 2009

Returned to Risk

Deportation of HIV-Positive Migrants
August 2, 2007

The US-Korea Free Trade Agreement

Annex 22-B: A Missed Opportunity on Workers’ Rights in North Korea
March 5, 2007

North Korea: Harsher Policies against Border-Crossers

News

December 16, 2019 Letter

Letter to President Moon Jae-in RE: ROK’s stance on human rights in North Korea
November 14, 2019 Dispatches

Smarter Responses Needed for Online Abuse in South Korea

Heather Barr
Acting Co-Director, Women's Rights Division
November 12, 2019 News Release

South Korea Deports Two From North to Likely Abuse
October 16, 2019 Dispatches

UN Body Urges South Korea to Improve Sexuality Education

Ryan Thoreson
Researcher, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Rights Program
June 13, 2019 Letter

Letter to Minister Kang Kyung-wha on Mine Clearance in the DMZ and the Mine Ban Treaty
May 14, 2019 News Release

China: Protect 7 North Koreans Fleeing Oppression
April 15, 2019 Dispatches

South Korea’s Abortion Reform A Model for Others

Janet Walsh
Deputy Director, Women’s Rights Division
March 7, 2019 News Release

South Korea: Military ‘Sodomy’ Law Violates Rights
March 7, 2019 Amicus Briefing

Repealing Article 92-6 of the Republic of Korea’s Military Criminal Act
January 17, 2019 News Release

South Korea: Little Progress on Rights
December 18, 2018 Letter

Submission by Human Rights Watch to the Committee on the Rights of the Child on South Korea
June 14, 2018 Dispatches

South Korean Women are Fed Up with Inequality

Heather Barr
Acting Co-Director, Women's Rights Division

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South Korea

World Report 2020

South Korea

Our People

Phil Robertson

Deputy Director, Asia Division Reaproy

Heather Barr

Acting Co-Director, Women's Rights Division heatherbarr1

Kyle Knight

Senior Researcher, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Rights Program knightktm

Peruvians with Disabilities Left Off Voting Lists: Daily Brief

Daily Brief

January 20, 2020

Peruvians with disabilities left off voting lists; UK should guarantee unaccompanied asylum-seeking children are reunited with their families; authors of CIA torture program to testify at Guantanamo; end abusive exit permits for migrant workers in Qatar; Hong Kong legislators should improve Privacy Ordinance rights protections; Cambodia pressed to drop charges against two journalists; step forward to end period poverty in England; and planning to commemorate 75 years after the liberation of Auschwitz.